Cruising

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Candlewood members have a variety of cruising boats that race using the PHRF handicap system. This levels the playing field when boats of different classes and speeds race against each other.

Bey Rutherford is the fleet captain.

The PHRF rating is part of the Time Correction Factor (TCF), which is multiplied by the boat's finish time to get a corrected time. Faster boats have a lower PHRF rating, and slower boats have a higher rating. Another component of the TCF depends on the wind speed for that particular race. The ratings for the different boats are listed below. The TCF listed is for average wind conditions. The third column indicates, for a one-hour race, approximately how many minutes the Beneteau needs to beat you by to win. The difference in time between any two boats gives the approximate time the faster boat needs to beat the slower boat to win.

Boat	PHRF	TCF	Minutes/hour
AMF 2100	239	0.82383	6.05
BENETEAU FIRST CLASS 8	153	0.92461
CAPRI 22 CATALINA WK	209	0.85639	4.09
CATALINA 22 SK	271	0.79172	7.97
CATALINA 22 WK	280	0.78313	8.49
CATALINA 25 FK	225	0.83871	5.15
FLYING SCOT	204	0.86207	3.75
J-22	181	0.88919	2.13
MACGREGOR 26 DB	226	0.83763	5.22
MACGREGOR 26 X	223	0.84088	5.02
MARINER 19	284	0.79951	7.51
ODAY 222	263	0.79951	7.51
ODAY 23-1	245	0.81761	6.42
PEARSON ENSIGN	263	0.79951	7.51
RHODES 22	276	0.78692	8.26
S-2 7.9	169	0.90403	1.23
SAN JUAN 23	237	0.82592	5.92